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FORWARD with Valeriya Ionan
FORWARD with Valeriya Ionan is a platform for conversations with investors, entrepreneurs, government officials, and global leaders about investment, partnerships, innovation, and scaling. Valeriya explores how and why international capital enters Ukraine and other emerging markets, and how Ukrainian companies expand globally. Practical dialogue for decision-makers and builders. 🎥 Watch on YouTube — FORWARD with Valeriya Ionan. 📲 Follow on Instagram — @valeriya_ionan
Episodes
FORWARD with Valeriya IonanThe New Defense Economy: Why Bureaucracy Is a Security Risk
Warfare evolves in months. Defense procurement can take years. That gap is a security risk. Ukraine’s experience on the frontline has produced something rare…
FORWARD with Valeriya IonanNobody Knows What’s Next. How Do You Lead Anyway?
Leading through uncertainty is the only kind of leadership that matters now. AI is rewriting the rules, crises keep coming, and your next move cannot depend on…
FORWARD with Valeriya Ionanrussia’s War Against Ukraine: Why “As Long As It Takes” Is a Losing Strategy | Perry Boyle
What is the world still getting wrong about Russia’s war against Ukraine and what would a strategy for victory actually look like? Perry Boyle spent 35 years…
FORWARD with Valeriya IonanThe New Era of Everything: Who is Valeriya Ionan
I spent six years as Deputy Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine, helping build Diia, the state super-app used by more than 24 million people, and…
FORWARD with Valeriya IonanWhy Every Country Needs a Robotization Strategy
Robots are no longer a futuristic story. They are becoming a national economic strategy. In this episode, Valeriya Ionan explores what serious national…
FORWARD with Valeriya IonanSeeing Through the Fog: Ukraine's AI Vision Technology Goes Global | Viktoriia Yaremchuk, Farsight Vision
Viktoriia Yaremchuk, Co-Founder & CEO of Farsight Vision, joins Valeriya Ionan to talk about how Ukraine is redefining situational awareness on the…
FORWARD with Valeriya IonanInside Ukraine's Defense Tech Boom: Investment, Drones and What's Next | Artem Moroz, Brave1
FORWARD is back and Valeriya Ionan returns with a new episode and a new season, starting with Artem Moroz, investment lead at Brave1, the defense tech cluster…
FORWARD with Valeriya IonanAgentic State: How Ukraine Is Building AI Government First with Oleksandr Bornyakov
In this new episode with Acting Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine, Olexander Bornyakov, we dive into:How Ukraine is moving from “country in a…
FORWARD with Valeriya IonanMeet the Startup - RATEL: Inside Ukraine’s UGV Revolution
In this episode, I speak with Taras Ostapchuk, founder of Ratel, one of the largest UGV (unmanned ground vehicle) producers in Ukraine. What started as a…
FORWARD with Valeriya IonanWhat Is the Agentic State? How AI Will Transform Government With Luukas Ilves
What is an agentic state and why is it a bigger shift for governments than the last 20 years of digital transformation? In this episode, Luukas Ilves, former…
FORWARD with Valeriya IonanBuilding Ukraine’s First New City — Oksana Markarova on Nove Misto
Oksana Markarova, former Finance Minister, architect of UkraineInvest and Ukrainian Startup Fund, former Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States of America…
FORWARD with Valeriya IonanWild Freedom, Venture as Adventure and Why Ukraine Feels Like “The Real America” with Andriy Fedoriv
In this episode, we dive into “wild freedom”, venture as adventure, Ukraine as “the real America in the center of Europe”, and why Kyiv today feels like New…
FORWARD with Valeriya IonanWhy Smart Investors Go to Ukraine — and Most Still Don’t
In this episode of FORWARD with Valeriya Ionan, American entrepreneur and investor Dave Morgan shares why, after successful adtech exits in the United States…